Adam Drewnowski

20.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
222 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Adam Drewnowski is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Drewnowski has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 78 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 42 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Adam Drewnowski's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (64 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (61 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (53 papers). Adam Drewnowski is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (64 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (61 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (53 papers). Adam Drewnowski collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Adam Drewnowski's co-authors include M. R. C. Greenwood, Susan Ahlstrom Henderson, Alice F. Healy, Nicole Darmon, William J. Evans, Pablo Monsivais, Victor L. Fulgoni, Dean D. Krahn, D.D. Krahn and Anju Aggarwal and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Adam Drewnowski

213 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bitter taste, phytonutrients, and the consumer: a review

2000 999 citations Adam Drewnowski et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
TASTE PREFERENCES AND FOOD INTAKE

1997 739 citations Adam Drewnowski profile →
The Nutrition Transition: New Trends in the Global Diet

2009 683 citations Adam Drewnowski et al. Nutrition Reviews profile →
Obesity Pathogenesis: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement

2017 487 citations Adam Drewnowski et al. profile →
Carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) levels this century will alter the protein, micronutrients, and vitamin content of rice grains with potential health consequences for the poorest rice-dependent countries

2018 307 citations Chunwu Zhu, Kazuhiko Kobayashi et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adam Drewnowski United States	66	5.9k	4.3k	2.8k	2.4k	2.2k	222	14.5k
Cees de Graaf Netherlands	70	5.8k 1.0×	5.9k 1.4×	5.2k 1.9×	3.7k 1.6×	3.1k 1.5×	341	16.2k
Adam Drewnowski United States	68	13.2k 2.2×	4.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	241	20.1k
Serge Herçberg France	96	17.6k 3.0×	8.4k 2.0×	2.8k 1.0×	7.5k 3.2×	2.2k 1.0×	911	38.6k
Barbara J. Rolls United States	83	12.8k 2.2×	4.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	6.0k 2.5×	7.3k 3.4×	307	23.2k
Richard D. Mattes United States	59	4.3k 0.7×	5.7k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	3.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.7×	251	12.0k
Peter J. Rogers United Kingdom	68	3.9k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	4.0k 1.9×	413	13.6k
Frans J. Kok Netherlands	66	4.5k 0.8×	5.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	2.8k 1.2×	459 0.2×	235	16.4k
Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot France	71	10.6k 1.8×	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	1.1k 0.5×	409	17.6k
France Bellisle France	57	5.7k 1.0×	2.5k 0.6×	968 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	204	10.0k
Julie A. Mennella United States	60	3.5k 0.6×	4.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	833 0.4×	972 0.5×	175	10.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Drewnowski

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Black, Richard, et al.. (2025). Ultra-Processed Foods Are Not All Alike: A Novel, Objective Approach to Differentiate Among Processed Foods Including Those Classified As NOVA 4. Current Developments in Nutrition. 9. 106657–106657. 1 indexed citations

Drewnowski, Adam, et al.. (2024). Development and Validation of the Meiji Nutritional Profiling System (Meiji NPS) to Address Dietary Needs of Adults and Older Adults in Japan. Nutrients. 16(7). 936–936. 6 indexed citations

Laar, Amos, et al.. (2024). Nutrient-Dense African Indigenous Vegetables and Grains in the FAO Food Composition Table for Western Africa (WAFCT) Identified Using Nutrient-Rich Food (NRF) Scores. Nutrients. 16(17). 2985–2985. 4 indexed citations

Drewnowski, Adam, et al.. (2024). Development and Validation of the Meiji Nutritional Profiling System per Serving Size. Nutrients. 16(16). 2700–2700. 1 indexed citations

Drewnowski, Adam & Zach Conrad. (2024). Pulse crops: nutrient density, affordability, and environmental impact. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1438369–1438369. 6 indexed citations

Buszkiewicz, James, Anjum Hajat, Heather D. Hill, Jennifer J. Otten, & Adam Drewnowski. (2023). Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in the association between higher state minimum wages and health and mental well-being in US adults with low educational attainment. Social Science & Medicine. 322. 115817–115817. 5 indexed citations

Biesbroek, Sander, Frans J. Kok, Adele Tufford, et al.. (2023). Toward healthy and sustainable diets for the 21st century: Importance of sociocultural and economic considerations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(26). 53 indexed citations

Maillot, Matthieu, et al.. (2023). Fresh Pork as Protein Source in the USDA Thrifty Food Plan 2021: A Modeling Analysis of Lowest-Cost Healthy Diets. Nutrients. 15(8). 1897–1897. 7 indexed citations

Mooney, Stephen J., Jennifer F. Bobb, Philip M. Hurvitz, et al.. (2020). Impact of Built Environments on Body Weight (the Moving to Health Study): Protocol for a Retrospective Longitudinal Observational Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 9(5). e16787–e16787. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Chunwu, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Irakli Loladze, et al.. (2018). Carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) levels this century will alter the protein, micronutrients, and vitamin content of rice grains with potential health consequences for the poorest rice-dependent countries. Science Advances. 4(5). eaaq1012–eaaq1012. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moudon, Anne Vernez, et al.. (2017). GPS or travel diary: Comparing spatial and temporal characteristics of visits to fast food restaurants and supermarkets. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0174859–e0174859. 13 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam, et al.. (2014). Energy and nutrient density of foods in relation to their carbon footprint. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 101(1). 184–191. 115 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam. (2009). Diet Image: A New Perspective on the Food-Frequency Questionnaire. Nutrition Reviews. 59(11). 370–372. 40 indexed citations

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Salbe, Arline D., Angelo DelParigi, Richard E. Pratley, Adam Drewnowski, & P. Antonio Tataranni. (2004). Taste preferences and body weight changes in an obesity-prone population. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 79(3). 372–378. 133 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam & Allen S. Levine. (2003). Sugar and Fat-From Genes to Culture. Journal of Nutrition. 133(3). 829S–830S. 27 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam & Victoria Warren‐Mears. (2001). Does aging change nutrition requirements?. PubMed. 5(2). 70–4. 24 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam, Susan Ahlstrom Henderson, Clayton S. Hann, Anne Barratt-Fornell, & Mack T. Ruffin. (1999). Age and food preferences influence dietary intakes of breast care patients.. Health Psychology. 18(6). 570–578. 19 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam, et al.. (1996). Salt Taste Perceptions and Preferences are Unrelated to Sodium Consumption in Healthy Older Adults. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 96(5). 471–474. 82 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam, et al.. (1995). Effects of body image on dieting, exercise, and anabolic steroid use in adolescent males. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 17(4). 381–386. 83 indexed citations

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Drewnowski, Adam. (1993). Individual differences in sensory preferences for fat in model sweet dairy products. Acta Psychologica. 84(1). 103–110. 19 indexed citations

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